The Schoolcraft High School alumnus won both of his matches Thursday at Muskegon Country Club by 2-and-1 scores. Golomb, a 28-year-old banker who resides in Belmont, in the Grand Rapids area, beat Fort Gratiot’s Dieter Schultz in the round of 64 and Grand Blanc’s Ronnie Coriasso in the round of 32.

Kalamazoo’s Bryan Nordquist beat Grand Rapids’ Mike Brown, 2-and-1, in the round of 64 before he fell to Traverse City’s Nikolaj Brons-Piche, 3-and-2, in the next round.

Chet VandenBerg, of Martin, a former Kalamazoo Christian standout, fell to Waterford’s Nick Dennis, 2-and-1, in the round of 64. Kalamazoo’s Peter Farner also lost in the round of 64, dropping a 3-and-2 decision to Big Rapids’ Blaze Hogan.

Two weeks of golf brilliance for Kentwood’s Tom Werkmeister was halted in the round of 32 on Thursday. Werkmeister, who last week was the first amateur to win the Michigan Open championship in 38 years, was ousted from the Michigan Am by Traverse City’s Andrew Chapman in 21 holes.

Werkmeister led the Michigan Amateur field after the first two days of stroke play as medalist.

“It will take some time to recover from this one,” he said. “I had loftier goals than to lose in the second round. I would definitely say he outplayed me. I only made two birdies today, and that’s not going to cut it. It wasn’t easy out there, but I didn’t play like I have been playing.”